block editor - objects "not in current space"

[JamesCorley]

ACAD2017 C3D

file version: 27.0.301.0

product version: R21.0.301.0.0

I am going thru our template updating things and eliminating various layers we do not use.
I am to the point where I have layers that are in blocks somewhere, so I am trying to clean up the blocks and there are some that will not delete or purge.

I open a block

I select all

I then try to erase and get this dialog:

Command: E
ERASE
Select objects: all
841 found
841 were not in current space.

As you cannot leave modelspace in the block editor, I need a solution to either delete or purge this entire block or erase the misbehaving items in the block.

I have tried creating a new drawing with just one element ( a circle) and inserting it to overwrite the existing block, but when I edit it, the objects "not in current space" are still there.

Thank you,

[tcorey]

Can you post your drawing?

[JamesCorley]

Sho'nuff

[jmayo-EE]

Sounds like the block was created with elements or references from paperspace and model space.

If this is the case you may be better off redefining it.

[JamesCorley]

I have tried redefining by creating a new block with the same name and inserting a new block from a new drawing, and they still contain elements "not in current space"

Oy!